“…Second , as we have already stated, the important feature of the usual distinction between internal and external (or fatalistic) control concepts is the common deterministic quality of control and not its "locus. " In our opinion, these two aspects are relevant not only for the dichotomous concept of internal versus external (in the sense of Rotter , 1966) but for all similarly contrasting concepts, for example "origin" versus "pawn" (DeCharms , 1968) or "agent" versus "patient" (McKinney, 1980). The same deterministic idea-which can logically be applied to another concept-is common to all such contrasting pairs, regardless of other differences (to which we shall later return).…”